- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
The third novel in the London-based Corduroy Mansions series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street
Love Over Scotland (#3 44 Scotland Street)
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
With his characteristic warmth, inventiveness and brilliant wit, Alexander McCall Smith gives us more of the gloriously entertaining comings and goings at 44 Scotland Street, the Edinburgh townhouse. Six-year-old prodigy Bertie perseveres in his heroic struggle for truth and...
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold (Corduroy Mansions)
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): MOdern
Back in Pimlico, in the genteel environs of Corduroy Mansions, strange doings are afoot, mostly in the name of love. Lonely William French and his faithful canine Freddie are recruited to the service of MI6 by a beguiling lady...
- Location(s): The Cayman Islands
- Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
- Era(s): Modern
At the age of four Clover chooses her own name. Aged six, she falls in love with her best friend, James, with whom she happily spends all her time. But in the adult world, things are not so simple:...
- Location(s): Edinburgh
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Modern
For those of us who know Edinburgh, this is a wonderful book that takes the reader past all the familiar streets and shops, and this really gives pleasure. Isabel Dalhousie is an academic, and much given to musing about...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Grace Makutsi’s husband, Phuti Radiphuti, is in a bind. An international firm is attempting to undercut his prices in the office furniture market. Phuti has always been concerned with quality and comfort, but this firm seems interested only in...
- Location(s): Botswana
- Genre(s): Crime
- Era(s): Contemporary
Mma Ramotswe and Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni are enjoying a nice meal out at a peri-peri restaurant when an American woman named Julia approaches seeking Mma Ramotswe’s help. Julia’s beloved late grandfather was Botswanan, and he instilled in her an...